--- Janice McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 9/13/07, dawn_atherton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > -
> > --------------But interestingly, my sister's horse WAS more
> > comfortable with a loose fittid dropped noseband.
>
> not saying this is the case at all Dawn, but it is a good opening
> for
> me to bring up a point i like to bring up when I can--- in
> walking/racking horses, they learn to SEEK the pain of things.
> they
> will go behind the vertical themselves, without being put there by
> the
> rider, for instance, now why on earth would they do this? rote
> obedience for one, but in many/most cases, they learn if they just
> give in and do the painful thing and not fight it, it makes things
> easier for them but ALSO, and most importantly, the pain causes a
> RELEASE OF ENDORPHINS, the same endorphins that will make a horse
> crib
> until it starves to death or colics. they actually get hooked on
> it.
> Janice--
Ok~
Not trying to be a brick here, but how can a properly, ie. Not Tight,
at the correct location nose band, cause pain.......I think it can if
its tight, but so can a halter, or a bridle or any tack......I have
been told, that the drop nose keeps the bit in the correct location,
not allowing it to move forward and nutcracker.....I know my horses
seem relaxed when you use them, again though, they are not tight.
Skye
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